On Monday, October 22, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Axel Rauschmayer wrote: > It wouldn’t fix the main problem with __proto__: using a property to express > meta-data. In a way, __proto__ might even be better than, say, @proto, > because it will be the only property with double underscore, highlighting the > specialness of that property. > > On Twitter, @marcoos correctly commented that changing the name of > [[Prototype]] (including prototypal inheritance, prototype chain, etc.) is > too drastic an overhaul. Finding a better name for Constr.prototype seems > easier. > I'd argue that even less experienced JS devs understand what the C.prototype is over the [[Prototype]].
Perhaps some kind of association with super? Rick > > Axel > > On Oct 22, 2012, at 22:51 , Russell Leggett <[email protected] > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > > > > > > > By the way, let deprecate (that is, recommend not to use) __proto__ and > > > introduce @parent (or other term) instead, while both having the same > > > behaviour. > > > > > > > I'm not sure what to call it, but I think this would be much nicer than > > __proto__ and consistent with the new way of doing things. Here are some > > ideas: > > @proto > > @extends > > @parent > > @prototype > > @prototypeOf > > > > @prototypeOf seems a little silly as a property name, but it would work > > well with getPrototypeOf() > > > > > > - Russ > -- > Dr. Axel Rauschmayer > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > > home: rauschma.de (http://rauschma.de)twitter: twitter.com/rauschma > (http://twitter.com/rauschma) > blog: 2ality.com (http://2ality.com) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > >
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